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Hira is a Real Estate Tax Partner within BDO’s award winning Real Estate and Construction Group. He has specialised in property taxation for almost all his professional career and currently advises a wide range of clients in relation to their UK and global property interests. A particular specialism is UK and overseas collective investment schemes, both regulated and unregulated.

Hira is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has sat on the Tax Committees of the British Property Federation and INREV.

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Matthew has over 21 years’ experience gained in big4 practice, he joined BDO UK LLP as a Partner in May 2022 to lead the Customs, Excise and International Trade team.

Matthew focuses on providing advisory and compliance services to drive operational and duty efficiencies for businesses which import, manufacture, pack, distribute and export goods both within the UK and globally.

He has a particular interest in businesses within the Alcohol industry working with micro producers to global brands alike, gaining practical experience (even driven a forklift) on secondment to a UK production and distribution warehouse of a major brand.

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Tom Shaw is an Associate Director at Deloitte. He leads Deloitte’s response to Environmental Tax budget measures, and acts as a tax lead in Deloitte‘s Road to Net Zero/Climate group. He has over ten years' experience advising businesses in every sector on the effect of environmental taxes, in addition to VAT/GST systems, customs duties and other taxes, on their operations.

Tom specialises in global trends concerning carbon pricing instruments, associated taxation policy change and business transformation. He is a Chartered Tax Adviser and holds a first class degree in Mathematics.

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Laura is a CTA qualified VAT specialist. Laura joined Tolley from Deloitte, where she gained extensive practical experience in advising clients across all sectors on global VAT issues.

Whilst in practice, Laura was heavily involved in mentoring and training new graduates, working as part of the team responsible for designing and delivering the in-house VAT training pathway.

Laura is now an in-house VAT writer and technical VAT tutor at Tolley.

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Helen Cuthbert is a Senior Tax Manager in the Private Client Team.

Helen specialises in International Private Client Tax matters. Helen assists international individuals moving to the UK; advising on residence, the remittance basis of taxation and remittance planning. In addition, Helen advises UK resident and domiciled individuals leaving to spend time outside the UK.

Helen joined James Cowper Kreston in 2013 and advises a varied portfolio of International and UK based clients. Helen gained extensive experience in Big 4 and Top 10 firms, together with a number of years spent as a tax tutor preparing candidates for the Institute professional exams. Helen is experienced in a wide range of taxation issues including; income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, enveloped property and pre-arrival remittance planning. Helen has a particular interest in the UK taxation of offshore trusts including inheritance tax issues, capital gains tax deferral and the transfer of assets abroad.

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An experienced tax professional with a strong focus on Saudi Arabian tax regulations, including Zakat and Corporate Income Tax. With years of experience advising businesses on tax compliance and strategic tax planning, Amr specializes in helping organizations meet regulatory requirements while optimizing their tax positions. Amr has worked extensively on tax advisory projects, including the design and implementation of tax policies, transfer pricing strategies, and ensuring compliance with local laws. Amr’s deep knowledge of the Saudi tax landscape makes him a trusted advisor for companies navigating the complexities of the Saudi tax system.

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John Holland is a Stock Market expert with over 25 years’ experience advising companies about stock market flotation in the UK. His focus is steering companies through the flotation and fundraising process on AIM (The Alternative Investment Market), The London Stock Exchanges Main Market (Standard and Premium sectors), and other UK stock markets such as Aquis. He is a regular author on UK stock market flotation related subjects and has chaired or presented over 70 conferences and seminars about stock market topics in the UK and overseas.

John is Managing Director of Holland Bendelow, the UK’s longest established stock market flotation consultants. The firm specialises in taking companies from feasibility stage through to a successful flotation. Holland Bendelow’s clients range in size from early stage growth companies to large global brands valued at £1b plus. The firm advises on pre-IPO fundraisings, IPO fundraisings, Cash Shell transactions (reverse takeovers), enhancing company valuation, stock market regulation, effective investor relation strategies and other flotation related areas.

Prior to Holland Bendelow, John held senior roles at The London Stock Exchange, including Head of UK regional operations, with responsibility for the AIM Stock Market and The Main Market. He was heavily involved in the growth of AIM from its inception to becoming established as the world’s most successful growth market. John also led The London Stock Exchange’s Regional Advisory Groups, who play a key role in formulating future stock market strategies.

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Craig Simpson is a Tax Partner and owner of Bates Weston Tax LLP and Bates Weston Tax Advisory Limited. He specialises in providing tax advice to privately owned companies and high net worth families.

Craig set up his own advisory practice back in 2016 having held a number of senior positions in the national accountancy firms, seeing a gap in the market for a high quality, service focused advisory business. Advising across the range of tax matters relevant to the owner managed business. Craig particularly enjoys advising on complex reorganisations and reconstructions and developed a specialism in this area.

Craig regularly writes in the tax press and presents to fellow professionals and clients. Craig is also the author of Tolley’s Tax Planning for OMBs and consultant editor for the OMB module on TolleyGuidance.

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Steven is a tax-qualified Chartered Surveyor who has specialised in tax incentives, including capital allowances and land remediation relief for over 20 years. Previously he held senior specialist positions in 'Big 4' and national mid-tier accountancy firms. Capital allowances underpin income tax and corporation tax calculations by giving tax relief for money spent to buy, build or alter commercial property.

Steven works with owner-occupiers, investors and their advisers to provide capital allowances opinions, transaction support and specialist valuations for all types of property.  This includes resolving HM Revenue capital allowances enquiries and giving expert evidence to tribunals and courts.

Steven has contributed to many articles and books, including: Bloomsbury Professional's Capital Allowances, Tolley's Tax Planning, RICS's official Guidance Note for surveyors on Capital Allowances and Land Remediation Relief, and Practical Law Company's Practice Note on Commercial Property Standard Enquiry 32 dealing with capital allowances.

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Ian is a knowledge counsel in the tax department at Travers Smith. He has a particular focus on tax issues relating to the asset management sector. Ian regularly writes articles for tax publications. Ian contributes to Tolley's Tax Planning.

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My background is in UK corporate tax, but I particularly specialise in the following areas;

EIS and Venture Capital tax schemes

Advising companies on using the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) to raise equity, including advice on structuring, HMRC Advance Assurance applications and compliance issues. I also advise on Venture Capital Trusts and Seed EIS (SEIS).

Creative Industries Tax credits

I advise on tax credits claimed by Film Production companies, and similar production companies claiming credits for high-end television, animation, and children's programmes as well as for video game development.

Public Private Partnerships

I advise on direct tax issues to public sector bodies and private sector bidders for PPP projects and similar projects, including in respect of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI).

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Caroline is Head of Real Estate at Crowe UK LLP and a Tax Partner within the Corporate tax team. She has specialised in Property Tax matters for nearly two decades. Caroline has advised clients across the spectrum of real estate parties including HNWIs, property developers, international investors, family offices and institutions and also across various property classes including hotels, care homes, industrial units and residential properties. Caroline has significant experience in understanding the various interactions of all the taxes that can arise during a property investment cycle and specialises in tax structuring of real estate transactions. Caroline is a regular speaker on Property tax matters, for CIOT, STEP and ICAEW. She is also a member of CIOT Property committee, a member of the British Property Federation tax committee and a member of Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group.

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Vincent has over 7 years of experience in providing tax advisory and compliance services to a broad range of clients, ranging from listed companies and MNCs to private companies. Vincent is a tax manager at Nexia TS, in Singapore, where he is the global mobility tax lead and transfer pricing tax lead, in addition to advising on various issues concerning corporate tax and tax due diligence.

Prior to joining Nexia TS, Vincent was at a big 4 accounting firm in Singapore. He is an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Income Tax) of the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals.

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Moore and Smalley's East Midlands office is headed up by Nick Stevenson who looks after a wide variety of clients. He has a strong background in medical service clients, including looking after over 100 individual GP's and over 25 practices, over 40 hospital consultants and GP locums, and a total client list of over 300. Nick is currently the head of the MHA healthcare sector group, an association of nine independent accountancy firms across the UK, and the ICAEW SIG committee. He has particular responsibility for liaising with NHS Employers, local LMC's and the Health & Social Care Information Centre. Nick is also involved in the Primary Care Development Centre for Nottingham and Derbyshire where he provides support and training to local primary care providers. He regularly presents at events on an array of topics including maximising practice profitability, strategic planning and tax considerations.

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Mira Rajanti is a VAT Tax Manager dedicated to helping businesses master the complexities of value-added taxation. With working experience from the Finnish Tax Administration and the private sector, Mira possesses a broad understanding of Finnish VAT legislation and tax practices. Mira is happy to assist businesses with various applications, tax audits, appeals, as well as VAT registrations and reporting. She contributes to Tolley and PKFs Global and EU VAT title.

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Giovanni is an attorney at a top-tier law firm, specializing in tax litigation and consultancy. With extensive experience in both personal and corporate taxation, he has been a key member of the tax department at Andersen Ballão since 2019, where he has continuously expanded his portfolio by assisting multinational enterprises.

Giovanni's expertise encompasses tax compliance for corporations and family offices, with a strong focus on resolving complex tax litigation cases before the Brazilian Tax Authorities. His experience spans a wide range of areas, including income tax assessments, the collection of state and municipal taxes on services and property, as well as international tax planning.

An emerging author in tax law, Giovanni has crafted numerous legal opinions for individuals and corporations around the world, always employing innovative thinking and a problem-solving approach. He also serves as a guest lecturer in tax law at a university in Brazil.

As a partner at Andersen Ballão, Giovanni is dedicated to fostering networking opportunities and supporting the technical growth and development of young professionals in the legal field.

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Claire Cairns is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, and is currently a corporation tax manager at Grant Thornton UK LLP.

She advises entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses and large international groups on a wide range of tax issues.

Claire has a keen interest in sustainability, and supports the tax lead for ESG at Grant Thornton. As part of this role, she became well versed in the Plastic Packaging Tax legislation and is helping clients nationally navigate the new tax.